"Barn" meaning in English

See Barn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Barns [plural]
Etymology: * Clipping of Barney. * Clipping of Barnett. * Clipping of Barnabas. * Clipping of Barnaby. * Clipping of Barnard. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Barney}} Clipping of Barney, {{clipping|en|Barnett}} Clipping of Barnett, {{clipping|en|Barnabas}} Clipping of Barnabas, {{clipping|en|Barnaby}} Clipping of Barnaby, {{clipping|en|Barnard}} Clipping of Barnard Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Barn (plural Barns)
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Barney, Barnabas, Barnaby, or Barnett.
    Sense id: en-Barn-en-name-sVOmCaSD Categories (other): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname diminutive of Barnard (“surname”)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Barns Green

Inflected forms

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